Leonie Barth

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Posted on
Jul
25 2014

A final collection about the design of
ourselves

Estelle: I feel so queer. Don’t you ever
get taken that way? When I can’t see myself I begin to wonder if I
really and truly exist. I pat myself just to make sure, but it
doesn’t help much.Quote by Jean Paul Sartres „No
exit“

Our skin interfaces between our private and the
public space; it forms the border of inside and outside. The
clothing we wear lies on this skin and becomes an indicator of
personality and identity.The analysis of the environmental
impact and the intrinsic value of a person leads to our identity. Who am
I and who would I like to be? How would I like to appear?With
everything we experience during our lifespan this self-concept
completes our personality. A mirror acts as a mobile self-portrait and
as a projection surface to screen our present developments and to
reflect the actual condition of our person. By depicting reality the
mirror becomes a primary medium to visualize our
self-concepts.Identity does not exist without a visible
surface and its reflections. Mirroring ourselves is imperative to
construct our own identity. “I IS AN OTHER” is inspired by
Jacques Lacan’s “mirror stage” and the resulting idea that our mirror
image completes our identity. The presented collection follows the
principles of symmetry and expresses the complementation of our egos.
Clothes develop through the reflection of their own image. Missing parts
are added and existing parts are reflected to create
completeness.